January 23, 2010

Friday was the 37th annual March for Life. The very first march took place on January 22, 1974 and had an estimated attendance of 20,000. This year the estimated attendance is somewhere between 250,000 and 400,000! I am so proud to say that my mom was one of the marchers! Go mom! She called me on Thursday night to tell me that she had just returned from the Solemn Mass for Life celebrated at The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. She was excited about the march and asked us to record it for her since it would be airing live on EWTN.

For all the coverage and commentary I've been visiting the National Catholic Register's website. Lots of interesting commentary and insights there, especially this article. As Mark would say, go check thou out. Or something like that.

January 15, 2010

This week has been so busy that I haven't had much time to work on the changes that I'd like to make to my blog. But I can't let the day end without posting my news.

I am the author of an Ella eBook! The book is called Stretch your Sketches and it is set to be released next week, January 19th. Go visit this article by Angie Lucas in this month's Scrapbook Ellaments and scroll down to the bottom for a sneak peek of the cover.

In celebration of the release, Ella and I are hosting a sketch challenge on the Ella blog. Ella even came up with this adorable logo:

I love it!

If you want to see the details of the challenge and participate you can go to the Ella blog for all the details. I really hope to see you there!

January 12, 2010

I'm going to work on updating this little blog of mine. What can I say? I've been busy - aren't we all? But, since I wasn't so much in the habit of posting in the first place, I certainly wasn't making it a priority when things got busy...

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About Me

I am a wife, and a mother to four boys (our sweet Michael rests in peace with our Heavenly Father). We are expecting a little girl in March of 2015.
I love spending time with my family, and making our house a home. I can start my day without coffee, but I don't like to. My interests include learning about my Catholic faith, cooking, photography, sewing, and I should confess, I spend an inordinate amount of my free time scrapbooking.

Why ecclesia domestica?

The title of this blog is inspired by an expression which calls the family the domestic church.

From the Catechism of the Catholic Church: "In our own time, in a world often alien and even hostile to faith, believing families are of primary importance as centers of living, radiant faith. For this reason the Second Vatican Council, using an ancient expression, calls the family the ecclesia domestica. It is in the bosom of the family that parents are "by word and example...the first heralds of the faith with regard to their children." paragraph 1656

Here I share stories and photos from my family's adventures, as well as my love for documenting those memories through scrapbooking.